小说《鼓书艺人》通过抗战时期一群北方流落到重庆的鼓书艺人的生活经历反映了旧中国艺人悲哀的生活和命运。来自传统观念的歧视是造成他们悲剧普遍性的社会原因,而独特的生命体验则是秀莲这个个体悲剧的深层次原因。本文拟对秀莲形象进行人格结构分析,探索她成长中所遭遇悲剧的更深层次的精神原因。 The Drummer Entertainer Through the Anti-Japanese War A group of Drum artists living in Chongqing in the north reflected the sad life and destiny of the old Chinese artists. Discrimination from the traditional concept is the social reason causing their tragedy universality, and the unique life experience is the deep reason of the individual tragedy of Xiulian. This article intends to analyze the personality structure of Xiulian and explore the deeper spiritual causes of her tragedy in her growing up.